Portable application creators allow the creation of
portable applications (also called portable apps). They usually use
application virtualization
Application virtualization is a software technology that encapsulates computer programs from the underlying operating system on which they are executed. A fully virtualized application is not installed in the traditional sense, although it is sti ...
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Creators of independent portable
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agent
Agent may refer to:
Espionage, investigation, and law
*, spies or intelligence officers
* Law of agency, laws involving a person authorized to act on behalf of another
** Agent of record, a person with a contractual agreement with an insuran ...
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client
Client(s) or The Client may refer to:
* Client (business)
* Client (computing), hardware or software that accesses a remote service on another computer
* Customer or client, a recipient of goods or services in return for monetary or other valuable ...
is required for these (also called "
agentless" solutions):
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Cameyo - Application Virtualization
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Ceedo (Discontinued)
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InstallFree
InstallFree Inc. is a privately held company, backed by Ignition Partners and Trilogy Equity Partners, with headquarters in Stamford, CT and offices located worldwide. It was acquired by WatchDox (now part of BlackBerry). in December 2012. Ins ...
Bridge (Doesn't appear available since acquisition by Watchdox in Dec 2012)
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LANDesk
Ivanti () is an IT software company headquartered in South Jordan, Utah, United States. It produces software for IT Security, IT Service Management, IT Asset Management, Unified Endpoint Management, Identity Management and supply chain mana ...
Application Virtualization (Discontinued? Doesn't appear in the article)
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PortableApps.com
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Turbo Studio (formerly: Spoon Studio and Xenocode Virtual Application Studio)
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VMware ThinApp (formerly: Thinstall)
Related software
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AIX 6.1 Live Application Mobility
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Citrix XenApp
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Java Web Start
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AppImage
AppImage (formerly known as klik and PortableLinuxApps) is an open-source format for distributing portable software on Linux. It aims to allow the installation of binary software independently of specific Linux distributions. As a result, one App ...
(Linux)
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Microsoft App-V
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MojoPac
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Sandboxie
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Symantec Endpoint Virtualization Suite
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Systancia
Systancia is a European cybersecurity software vendor.
Systancia offers solutions to secure external access to systems, and to manage digital identities and authentication processes, as well as an AI-based behavioral biometric authentication p ...
AppliDis
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Windows To Go
Windows To Go was a feature in Windows 8 Enterprise, Windows 8.1 Enterprise, Windows 10 Education Windows 10 Enterprise and Windows 11 versions prior to the May 2020 update, that allows the system to boot and run from certain USB mass storag ...
See also
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Application directory
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Application streaming
Application streaming is a form of on-demand software distribution. In these scenarios, only essential portions of an application's code need to be installed on the computer: while the end user performs actions in the application, the necessary co ...
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Application virtualization
Application virtualization is a software technology that encapsulates computer programs from the underlying operating system on which they are executed. A fully virtualized application is not installed in the traditional sense, although it is sti ...
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Comparison of application virtual machines
Application virtualization software refers to both application virtual machines and software responsible for implementing them. Application virtual machines are typically used to allow application bytecode to run portably on many different comput ...
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Desktop virtualization
Desktop virtualization is a software technology that separates the desktop environment and associated application software from the physical client device that is used to access it.
Desktop virtualization can be used in conjunction with applicati ...
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Emulator
In computing, an emulator is Computer hardware, hardware or software that enables one computer system (called the ''host'') to behave like another computer system (called the ''guest''). An emulator typically enables the host system to run sof ...
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Shim (computing)
In computer programming, a shim is a library that transparently intercepts API calls and changes the arguments passed, handles the operation itself or redirects the operation elsewhere. Shims can be used to support an old API in a newer e ...
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Software as a service
Software as a service (SaaS ) is a cloud computing service model where the provider offers use of application software to a client and manages all needed physical and software resources. SaaS is usually accessed via a web application. Unlike o ...
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U3
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Virtual application
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Workspace virtualization
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Low code
References
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Portable software
Virtualization software